William Walker - Respecting Country
Wahlubal Artist of the Bundjalung Nation
About Me
Jingeela (Hello)
My name is William Walker. I’m a Wahlubal artist of the Bundjalung nation. I grew up on the Rocky River (Tabulam NSW). I started painting when I was 16. I paint landscapes. I always paint the country I come from, Wahlubal Country. When I paint, I feel Peaceful, Calm and Connected to my Ancestors. My paintings tell stories about what it was like back in the Dreaming, the Love of the Land, the Animals and the Culture. I hope my paintings will give people an understanding of what it was like back then and about looking after the country.
Garamah Bugelbah (Respect and Thankyou)
Yarmboo (Later)
William
some of My CURRENT works
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The Bush Supermarket
The Best Classroom
Living in Harmony with the Animals and the Land
Living in Harmony with the Land and Animals
Original people have hunted and gathered food for thousands and thousands of years to survive, only taking what they need and leaving enough bush tucker for other tribes who pass by as well as maintain healthy reproduction numbers of the plants and animals. It’s all about caring and sharing, and respecting the land we walk on. When we live in harmony with the animals and the land, caring and sharing, everything is kept in balance and is healthy.
Since Time Began
Landscape paintings -
wahlubal country
This man is the Protector of his Country, Caring for the Land, the Animals, the Trees and the Water. My Ancestors Protected and Cared for the Land over thousands of years. They lived in Harmony with the Land. They treaded Lightly, Hunted and Gathered food to Survive. We don’t own the Land, we Belong to it. We have to Respect the Land, our Creator.
“I love painting Wahlubal Country”
“ The Gwearnj (possum) is my totem protecting me. She comes out at night and lets my family know she is there looking over us”
Meeting of the Rivers
PRINTS AND ORIGINAL PAINTINGS FOR SALE
‘Mother Gooramun Leading the Way’
‘SINCE TIME BEGAN’
‘first footprints’
‘65,000 years of survival’
‘the oldest living Culture’
‘the mother Gooramun’
‘the best classroom’
‘the best classroom # 2’
‘elders sitting around the camp’
‘MEETING AND LEARNING PLACE’
‘CONNECTED TO COUNTRY’
‘back in the dreamtime’
‘CARING FOR COUNTRY’
‘Meeting of the Rivers’
‘wahlubal country’
‘The Gwearnj’
‘protecting country‘
‘wahlubal country #2'
‘wahlubal country # 3'
‘hunting for jullum’
’THE BUSH SUPERMARKET’
‘LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE LAND
AND THE ANIMALS’
The Best Classroom
The Elders always gather the Jarjums (children) around and teach them about Sharing, Caring and Respect. They also teach them to Care for the Animals and Respect the Land. Even today as grown-ups, we still sit around and Listen Respectfully to the Elders pass down Tribal knowledge. We just sit and Listen until their story is told and then ask questions. This is my classroom. It is the best classroom. Yoway!
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Email
williamwalkerrespectingcountry@gmail.com
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